The Grass is Always Greener

The aesthetic of our lawns has long been one of our nations favorite past-times. There are billion dollar companies working to get your money so they can make your lawn green. Why is a green lawn so important as to pay somebody else to make it green? I know, I know – aesthetics.

When we moved to our house we thought that is what we needed to do fit in the neighborhood – pay a chemical company to come dump toxic waste on our lawn to make it green. Well, the cost was huge – not just monetarily and with a headache to get them to actually stop coming – but with the loss of life. We once had toads and snakes and other amphibian life. When we began to pay money to said toxic waste company – all of our amphibian life disappeared. This year – six years after quitting said toxic waste company - we finally have amphibian life again. We also have no grass due to our two dogs, but we have a toad and snake eggs. I am so excited to see this life in my piece of the world.

You see, the people are told to dump said toxic waste on their place to have a beautiful aesthetically green lawn, they are not told the cost. We have to search for the truth and not fall for every line of greener promises, despite the costs.

There is a new web-site (safelawns.org) and documentary movie (A Chemical Reaction) coming out this fall. The movie is about the town in Canada – Hudson, Quebec, who dared to fight the said toxic waste companies and actually banned said toxic waste chemicals from being used in their place. Big box hardware store actually pulled toxic chemicals off their shelves in this town as well. Check it out – do a little digging – learn how to get your lawn aesthetically green in a healthy way. Your toads and snakes will thank you – let alone your kids and dogs.